History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c24.s6.5
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c24.s6.5
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c24.s6.5
Whatever the total number of *tīrthaṅkaras* it is evident that Gosāla enjoyed a status among his followers comparable to that of Mahāvīra among the Jainas, and was treated with great respect. Like Mahāvīra, he seems to have been considered omniscient by his devotees, for Ayampula, who visited him in his last delirium, refers to him as such.⁵ Already in the